Peter de Lisle: Visual, Online and Collaborative Tools
Visual, Online, Collaborative
1: Outlining
- The importance of a STRUCTURE of IDEAS vs LINEAR TEXT
- Use Word Outline View to create text with structure
- Use Inspiration to visualise text structure
- Note the portability of an outline: Inspiration to PowerPoint; Word to PowerPoint; etc
- Note the usefulness of text structure: for formatting and Table of Contents
2: Collaboration
- Register on www.mywebspiration.com and launch the program
- Load a template sent to you via someone else on webspiration, or upload an Inspiration file
- Invite someone to collaborate with you.
- Google Docs is also a great way to collaborate. Create an account using your existing email account (gmail or any other), then create, save and share documents online.
3: Other Tools
A: Thinking Tools
Intel
- Intel Showing Evidence
http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/ShowingEvidence/TryTheTool/ - Other tools: http://www.intel.com/education/tools/index.htm
- Create an account: https://ssl.intel.com/EDUCATIONUSER/Login.aspx
See also: Exploratree
Thinking schemes - use theirs or create and share your own
http://www.exploratree.org.uk/
B: Data Visualisation
Many Eyes
A great way to visualise a variety of data, including text with Wordle. Start a forum and invite others to share in a discussion about your data.
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/
See my example forum: Visual Learning
C: Timeline
Create and work collaboratively on a timeline
http://www.xtimeline.com/
See also:
- News Timeline
http://newstimeline.googlelabs.com - Search according to a timeline in Google (from Google search page, choose show options)
D: Google Tools
- Try out Google Wonder Wheel (from Google search page, choose show options)
- Try out Google squared: http://www.google.com/squared
- Lit Trips on Google Earth: http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html
Additional Resources
- More visual learning tools
http://newtoolsworkshop.wikispaces.com/Mind+Mapping+Tools - Free e-book with examples of web 2.0 projects
http://www.terry-freedman.org.uk/db/web2/doc_page4.html - Productive Pedagogies - NB look at differences...http://education.qld.gov.au/corporate/newbasics/html/pedagogies/pedagog.html
- Visual Thinking background
http://www.mywebspiration.com/visual-thinking - "Periodic Table" of visualisation methods (an interesting visualisation itself!)
http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html#